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Thursday 30th June:
Arrival at Heathrow; proceed to Oxford for an overnight stay. (Ajahn Khammai Dhammasami and devotees will meet at the Airport)

Address: The Oxford Buddha Vihara, 33, Cherwell
Drive, Oxford, OX3 0NB. Tel: 01865- 791 591.

Friday 1st July:
Breakfast at the Oxford Buddha Vihara; lunch at Wat Sanghathan, Birmingham.

Address: Wat Sanghathan, 107, Handsworth Wood Road, Handsworth Wood, Birmingham B20 2PH, UK. Tel: 0121- 551 5729.

After lunch, optional visits to a Vietnamese, Burmese and Wat Thai Aston temples in Birmingham before proceeding to the Samatha Centre, Greenstreette, Wales.

Address: The Samatha Centre, Greenstreete, Llangunllo (near Knighton), Powys, LD7 1SP, Wales, UK. Tel: (44) 0161 860 5607 (Contact: Dr. Francis Beresford)

Saturday 2nd July Programme:
Saturday Afternoon,
1. Buddhavisek ceremony, starting at around 2.30 – 3pm.
2. After the ceremony, Luangpor gives a Dhamma talk.

Sunday 3rd July Morning (open):
After lunch leave for the Samatha Centre, manchester;
5- 7pm. arrival in Manchester; welcome to the centre and organising of accommodation;
8 - 9.30pm. Informal meeting.

Address: The Manchester Centre for Buddhist Meditation (The Samatha Centre), 19 - 21 High Lane, Chorlton - cum – Hardy, Manchester, M21 9DJ, UK. (Contact: Veronica Voiels, 0161 225 1808)

Monday 4th July:
7am. Short morning chanting followed by meditation practice;
11am. Dana (lunch);
Afternoon, opportunities for visiting party to be taken to places of interest in and around Manchester.
7pm. Consecration of new Buddharupa donated to the centre by the monks; Chanting and followed by a Dhamma talk from Luangpor.

Tuesday 5th July:
7am. Short morning chanting followed by meditation practice;
11am. Dana;

Afternoon, opportunities for visiting party to be taken to places of interest in and around Manchester.

8pm. Chanting and talk by Tan Suvit (Phra Sriyansobhon)

Wednesday 6th July:
5am. visiting party depart for Wimbledon;
lunch at Wat Buddhapadipa, Wimbledon;

Address: Buddhapadipa Temple, 14 Calonne Road, Wimbledon Parkside, London, SW19 5HJ. Tel: 020 8946 1357.

4.30pm proceed to the Cittaviveka Monastery, Chithurst.

Address: Cittaviveka Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, Chithurst (West Sussex), Petersfield, Hampshire GU31 5EU, UK

Thursday 7th July:
Breakfast & lunch at the Cittaviveka Monastery Open programme.

Friday 8th July:
Breakfast & lunch at the Cittaviveka Monastery; after lunch leave for Cambridge.

Address: David & Rachael Hall, 47 Cavendish Avenue,
Cambridge CB1 7UR Tel.: 01223 740407.

Saturday 9th July:
Breakfast & lunch at Cambridge.
A ceremony at the Friends Meeting Hall in the morning;
Afternoon, leave for Oxford.

Sunday 10th July:
Breakfast & lunch at the Oxford Buddha Vihara.
10.30AM Chanting and Buddhabhiseka for new Buddharupa;

11.15AM monks going on alms-round in the garden and partake their lunch; devotees take their midday meal;

13.00PM Laungpor gives a Dhamma talk and offers phapa on behalf of the Phapa Organising Committee;
Phra Sriyansobhon explains about the Phapa;
Phra Khammai Dhammasami proposes votes of thanks on behalf of the OBV Trust;

14.00:Sharing merit;

16PM: Optional visit to Oxford colleges.

Monday 11th July:
Morning, visit Oxford colleges/bookshops;
Afternoon, Leave for Bangkok. (Phra Khammai Dhammasami and devotees will see Laungpor and party off at the Airport)

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